40 Days to a new you
Ever wish you had your own personal spiritual trainer? For Lent we offer you 40 of them.
1. Henri J. M. Nouwen: An Ash Wednesday prayer [1]
2. Joyce Rupp: Focus on one thing only [2]
3. Mother Teresa: Dying and rising [3]
4. Thomas Moore: Cleansing the soul [4]
6. Saint Teresa of Avila: Companion in the garden [6]
7. Kathleen Norris: A new/old slant on sin [7]
8. Pope John Paul II: Giving of yourself [8]
9. Kathleen O. Chesto: Fasting from fast-ing [9]
10. Saint Francis de Sales: Divine solitude [10]
11. M. Scott Peck: Communal confession [11]
12. Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, O.C.D.): Thy will be done [12]
13. Dorothy Day: Works of Mercy [13]
14. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Discipleship and death [14]
15. Frederica Mathewes-Green: Asking and giving forgiveness [15]
16. Jessica Powers: Repairer of fences [16]
17. Thomas à Kempis: Silence and solitude [17]
18. Mohandas Gandhi: Fasting and the voice of God [18]
19. Edwina Gateley: Contemplative prayer [19]
20. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky: Choose to love [20]
21. Joan Chittister, O.S.B.: A growing season [21]
22. M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.:A clash of wills [22]
23. Meister Eckhart: True Conversion [23]
24. Joseph Cardinal Berdarndin: The value of suffering [24]
25. St. Francis of Assisi: Peace prayer [25]
26. Megan McKenna: The fast I want [26]
27. St. Vincent de Paul: God's mercy [27]
28. Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I.: Mourning our losses [28]
29. St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The vocation of love [29]
30. Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.: Real presence [30]
31. Pierre Teillard de Chardin: Redemptive suffering [31]
32. Archbishop Oscar Romero: Admit guilt [32]
33. Phyllis Tickle: Spiritual season [33]
34. Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindful consumption [34]
35. Madeleine L'Engle: Repentant lambs [35]
36. C.S. Lewis: The risks of love [36]
37. Diana Hayes: Dying on the cross [37]
38. Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O.: Give it time [38]
